Local authorities also closed Kutakane airport in Aceh and a number of airports. At the same time, airfields that are located nearby, but are not threatened by ashes due to wind direction, continue to operate.

Around the crater, an exclusion zone is organized within a radius of seven kilometers. As reported by The Guardian, at the moment the areas around the crater are de-energized. There was also a partial evacuation.

In turn, the representative of the Indonesian Catastrophe Institute noted that the eruption was accompanied by earthquakes. According to seismologists, the height of the column of ash was about seven kilometers.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, on the island of Sumatra, the volcano activated, throwing a column of smoke and ash. The eruption of the volcano occurred at night, and a bright light from it illuminated all nearby settlements. In the areas close to the volcano, visibility does not exceed five meters.

As a result of the eruption of the victims there.